Ltidwig mond and george eschellmann



, UNIT D STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

LUDwIe MOND AND GEORGE ESOHELLMANN, or NORTHWICH, COUNTY OF CHESTER, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO BRUNNER, noun a co, (LIMITED) or SAME PLACE.

PROCESS OF OBTAINING CHLORINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,038, dated November 26, 18189. Application filed January 16, 1889. $erial No. 296,536. (No specimens.) Patented in England December 15, 1887, No. 17,273.

To aZZ whom it may concern. scribed, no water, or very little of it, is ab- 50 Be it known that We, LUDWIG MOND and sorbed by the magnesia, and during the oxid- GEORGE ESCHELLMANN,manufacturingchemation all the chlorine is obtained as such, ists,subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and and free or nearly free from hydrochloric the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, respectiveacid.

1y, both residing atNorthwich, in the county of In order to carry out this improvement in 5 5 Chester, in the Kingdom of England, have ina practical way,-the magnesia is ground with vented certain new and useful Improvements a solution of a certain-strength of one of the in thelllanufacture of Chlorine, (for which we fixed alkali chlorides, or a mixture of the have received Letters Patent in England, two-that is, with a solution-of the required dated December 15, 1887, No. 17,273,) of which amount of fixed alkali chloride in asuflicient 60 the following is a specification. quantity of water to form with the magnesia This improvement relates to the manufaca plastic mass-by which means the magture of chlorine from hydrochloric acid or amnesia is intimately mixed with the alkali I5 monium chloride by means of magnesia. chloride. This mass may be formed in any If magnesia is treated with hydrochloric known way into balls, lumps, blocks, 850., 65 acid or ammonium chloride at a certain temand dried but we find it advantageous for perature, in the first case magnesium chloride this purpose to add to the magnesia a ceror oxychloride and steam are formed, and in tain amount of an agglomerating substance.

the second case magnesium chloride or oxy' Among many others we prefer an addition of chloride and steam and ammonia-gas. In orabout five to ten per cent. of china clay, 7o der to obtainchlorine, this magnesiumchloride which is inert to the reactions in our process. or oxyehloride is heated to a higher tempera- After the finished oxidation the magnesia is ture and oxidized with dried air. By this ready for a renewed treatment with hydromethod all the chlorine is set free, but not chloric acid or ammonium chloride, as the without being mixed with a large amount of fixed alkali chloride remains unaltered and 75 hydrochloric-acid gas. Treating magnesia retains its activity continually. with hydrochloric acid or ammonium chloride, In order to obtain a continuous manufaca considerable amount of the steam which is ture of chlorine from hydrochloric-acid gas,

formed by the reactions is absorbed by the we pass a mixture of hydrochloric-acid gas,

magnesium chloride or oxychloride formed, and air at a suitable temperatore-prefer- 8c and this absorbed quantity of water being ably lt0 550 centigradeover or through evolved in the treatment at a higher temperthe balls, blocks, &c., of the magnesia and ature by air, causes the retrograde formation alkali chloride, as described before. The

5 of hydrochloric acid, which quantity varies decomposition of the hydrochloric acid is from twenty to forty per cent. of the total very much more complete than when using quantity of the chlorine. certain copper salts for the same purpose.

This invention has for its object the pre- Almost any plant now used for treating vention of this hydrochloric-acid format-ion. solids with gases at about the temperature 0 For this purpose we min with the magnesia above mentioned will suit this process. \Ve

before it is treated with hydrochloric acid or have not designed any special plant therefor, ammonium chloride a certain amount of a but would recommend the ordinary lDeacon fixed alkali chloride, preferably chloride of chlorine plant as useful for the continuous potassium or sodium, ora mixture of the two. process.

45 The quantity of the alkali chlorides can be Throughout this specification we have Varied considerably. \Ve find that five to ten spoken only of alkali chlorides. It is obvious, 5 per cent. of the quantity of the magnesia is however, that if any alkaline salt easily decomsufficient. If this magnesia mixed with the posed by hydrochloiic acid or ammonium alkali chloride is treated in the way above dechloride, so as to form the alkali chloride such, for instance, as the hydrate, carbonate, or even fiuoridewere used, they would soon be converted into the chloride, and would then be as efficacious as if the chloride were used originally.

We claim as our invention- 1. The process of obtaining chlorine, which consists in making an intimate mixture of magnesia and a chloride of a fixed alkali, forming the same into lumps, and treating these at a temperature of from 400 to 600 centigrade with vapor of hydrochloric acid or of chloride of ammonium, and then with dried air or oxygen at a suitable temperature, such as described, and collecting the chlorine evolved.

2." Passing the vapor of hydrochloric acid or of chloride of ammonium over a mixture of magnesia, and a chloride of a fixed alkali at the" specified temperature, whereby a salt or mixture of salts is produced that will give out chlorine and but little or no hydrochloric acid when dry hot airis subsequently passed over it.

The process of manufacturing chlorine from hydrochloric acid,Whieh consists in passing this gas and air or oxygen over orthrough a mixture of magnesia and the chloride of a fixed alkali. v In testimony whereof we have signed our 0 names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUDWVIG MOND. GEORGE ESOHELLMANN. Witnesses to L. Monds signature:

W. L. ALDEN, D. H. FIsHER. Witnesses to G. Eschellmanns signature:

JOHN HAYS, H. P. SHOOBRIDGE. 

